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Michael Jordan said, "earn your leadership each and every day. Winning has a price and leadership has a price. I pulled people along when they didn't want to be pulled. I challenged people when they didn't want to be challenged. Talent wins games, but teamwork wins championships. Great leadership is positive leadership. Positive leadership empowers people to face their fears, accomplish their goal...

Chuck D. of Public Enemy said, "Don't believe the hype," and TS Eliot said, "The only wisdom we can hope to acquire is the wisdom of humility." Humility, in its simplest sense, is the ability to consider others ahead of oneself. CS Lewis said, humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself LESS, and Albert Einstein said, a true genius admits they know nothing. Humility doesn't...

Balance is the state of Stillwater. It remains quiet within and is not disturbed on the surface. Everything in life contains two opposites, and to maintain balance, we need to find a way to work harmoniously with both sides. In Chinese philosophy, this balance is referred to as yin & yang. Are we balancing our life, or is stress taking its toll. To find balance in our lives, we must prioritize wha...

The Zen principle of simplicity is about understanding the true essence of things and then distilling them down to their most fundamental form. It isn't about removal for the sake of cleanliness or minimalism. But focus is the principle of simplicity on purpose and utility. Jack Kerouac said, One day, I will find the right words, and they will be simple. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg...

John Wayne said courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway. Courage comes in many forms. physical courage is bravery through a physical act in the face of fear and hardship. Emotional courage is following our heart. Intellectual courage is expanding our horizons and letting go of the familiar. social courage is being ourselves in the face of adversity. Moral courage is the ability to...

It's not an easy journey to get to a place where we can forgive ourselves and others. It's strange, but sometimes it's easier to forgive our enemies than it is to forgive the ones we love the most. We should all learn to forgive, but that doesn't mean that it's easy, especially when a person has done something that we consider unforgivable. Forgiveness doesn't change the past, but it does expand t...

Letting go can seem impossible, often it takes the most strength to let go. We often hold on the tightest just before letting go. Letting Go doesn't mean that we have to forget, it means that whatever it is, it can no longer control our mind. We have trouble letting go of our pain and other unpleasant emotions about our past, we often think that those feelings are part of our identity. In some way...

Plato said, be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.  The Dalai Lama said compassion is the wish to free others from suffering. Those quotes challenged me to think about the differences between sympathy, empathy and compassion.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's a great ease of mind that comes from being content. Contentment can make a moment of silence be the best sound. Contentment can make a crystal clear distinction between our wants and our needs. What do you really need in this life? Let's learn to be content when our basic needs are met. Let's challenge ourselves to be content with what we look like. Let's challenge ourselves to be content...

What makes us different is what makes us who we are. We have to be willing to be different and embrace it true happiness comes from who we know we are, rather than what we think we should look like. Looks will always change and who we truly are will not — just love, trust and believe in yourself. We all have our purpose to be here, but sometimes it's hidden beneath our fear. Become your own self e...

Life is hard. Often, it feels like it's not going our way, and often, we might be right. We have to constantly condition ourselves to see things from a different perspective. We must continue to see our lives through fresh eyes. It reminds me of the story of the poor man and his house... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are 24 hours in a day, how do you spend them? Social Media TV? What do you watch? And for how long? What do you let into your brain? Positive or negative? Are you searching for perfection? Perfection doesn't exist. Close to perfection does, and that's great enough for me. Perfection is merely the idea of what we individually perceive it to be. Perfection can be imagined. Not when nothing els...

I don't know the secret of success, but I do know that failure is trying to please everybody. You can't control results. Your entire life is created by your thoughts and then your language. Live a life you love. Learn yourself and be your authentic self. Do you know who you are? Who do you believe you are? What makes you tick? What makes you smile? Continue to ask yourself what makes you happy? Ch...

Welcome to my new podcast where we will discuss everything needed to lead a mentally and emotionally healthy existence, and don't think there won't be any physical exercise required. That's the point, life is about balance and the one thing we can all count on is that life will do EVERYTHING to knock you off-balance. So what do you do when that happens? How do you handle life's challenges and more...